Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just when you think you 've got it straight , along comes the Fool with his pig 's bladder and whops you on the nose . |
| 2 | The Parquet had existed , he thought , since at least 1883 when a reforming Minister of Justice had unearthed in his office some Arabic translations of parts of the French Code Napoleon and promulgated them as the new Egyptian legal system . |
| 3 | Pot up a hew clumps and bring them into the kitchen . |
| 4 | The operation of the wheel is unusual , being a variation on the overshot type in which water falls on to the top of the wheel and turns it in the same direction as the water 's flow . |
| 5 | If you have quick release wheels , take off the front wheel and lock it to the frame and back wheel . |
| 6 | ‘ If they keep their bikes in garages , they should consider removing a wheel and putting it in the house . |
| 7 | Alternatively , an economical and effective way of securing your car is to fit a strong chain and padlock around the steering wheel and attach it to the seat , clutch or brake pedal . |
| 8 | For more than a decade , Lloyd 's has been riven by scandals of various kinds ; professionals employed to assess the riskiness of insured risks and apportion them among the rich risk-takers have been discovered to have salted funds away on their own account . |
| 9 | This practical 2-day course highlights the risks and provides you with the knowledge to contain them . |
| 10 | When , a long time ago now , Stephen had tried to call him Dad or Father and drop the babyish name , he had shouted that Stephen was all he had in the world and could n't he have a little bit of kindness and call him by the one name that meant something ? |
| 11 | If you put your Orc Shaman on a wyvern and fly him to the other end of the battlefield he wo n't be able to use his Waaagh magic . |
| 12 | ‘ Hang 'em , burn 'em , torture 'em , throw 'em to the wolves , cut off their ears and nail 'em to the notice board , ’ shouted a particularly excited worshipper . |
| 13 | At the point where in her first aria the prima donna expected from him an angry gesture , he exaggerated his anger so much that he looked as if he was about to box her ears and strike her on the nose with his fist . |
| 14 | procedure for taking goods out of stock and transferring them to the shop floor |
| 15 | She pulled out her warrant card and slapped it on the desk then marched out of the office , slamming the door behind her . |
| 16 | Fill in the yellow registration card and return it to the address shown on the card . |
| 17 | As an extra reminder , you could write a special message on a pretty piece of card and fix it to the back of the picture , noting both the date and the event . |
| 18 | It was still soaking wet and now Wexford carefully removed from its leather partitions a photograph of Lilian Hatton , a driving licence and a darts club membership card and spread them in the sun to dry . |
| 19 | Tell your audience that you are going to spell out the names of a complete suit of cards and , each time you spell out a letter , you are going to take the top card and place it on the bottom . |
| 20 | Tom unbuttoned his overcoat , fished in the pocket of the dark suit which he scathingly referred to as his ‘ city uniform ’ for his identity card and flashed it at the uniformed security man . |
| 21 | There they would force Khomeini to negotiate a deal and to broadcast it to the people . |
| 22 | They 'd thrown her into a Jeep and driven her into the Heide , through the woods , to a large wooden building hidden in the trees . |
| 23 | Rosie had bitten him twice in the past ; once when she managed to free herself by chewing through her tethering-rope , and once when she leaped through the window of Buddie 's jeep and chased him into the pig-yard . |
| 24 | They 're saying is , it 'd be nice if you could take something that 's a holistic perception and fragment it into the component parts . |
| 25 | In sudden fury Leonora caught hold of his legs and swung them to the floor . |
| 26 | He stretched out his long legs and crossed them at the ankles . |
| 27 | He was running on three legs and holding me in the fourth . |
| 28 | The young man and the girl did not see him coming and he caught them both around their legs and knocked them onto the floor . |
| 29 | First , take the legs and heave them up and over ; then grab the body by the arms or legs and drag it to the edge … no , that would n't be practicable , that way the killer would be moving backwards and be the first to fall . |
| 30 | It is quite commonplace for me to thrust my hand past my ferrets , grab a rabbit by its hind legs and pull it past the ferret . |